October 11th
when: Thursday 11/10/2018, 10:45
where: KE E-541 (møterom)
speaker: Igor Shovkovy (Arizona State University)
title: Anomalous chiral matter: from quark-gluon plasma to novel materials
abstract:
Anomalous properties of chiral forms of matter attracted a lot of attention recently in the context of heavy-ion physics and in studies of the Early Universe. In part, the interest is driven by the intriguing possibility of observing unusual macroscopic realizations of the quantum chiral anomaly. It appears that the same fundamental physics can be also relevant for a growing number of novel condensed matter materials, known as the Dirac and Weyl semimetals. Such materials not only provide an excellent test-bed for studying basic properties of chiral matter, but also hold a great potential for future applications. The key ideas in studies of anomalous forms of chiral matter will be reviewed in this talk.